The Film that makes you go, "huh???"

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2003)

I watched this weird movie today. It's one of those movies that just makes you go "huh?". It's not a great horror movie and it's not a great psychological thriller. You just sit there going, "what is it?". This movie had the potential to be great. The fast moving "infected" are really scary, but you see them so seldom in the film. It needed tons of them. The only reason I was freaked out was because the main characters don't have any guns and don't seem interested in getting any. I would think, since you're trapped in a city infested with rabid zombies, that you might possibly want a better weapon than a baseball bat and large knife?? And you might not want to be walking around out in the open. Like why not stick a sign on your butt "dinner here!". This movie seemed to want to be a horror film, but it just didn't quite make it. And the main characters just weren't that sympathetic. Like I had a hard time caring about them at all. Toward the end of the film, things get a bit violent and freaky but not enough really. Or it's just too little too late. Then the ending itself was really lame. About the only thing I thought was really good was that they did a great job of making England look deserted. It's hard for me to recommend this film. The only really scary thing was the no gun thing. And walking around out in the open with no real weapon. I wouldn't give this film a really low rating, but I wouldn't give it a high one either. Somewhere in between. It's a shame, really. The potential was there. The beginning idea was great. Animal activists try to rescue some chimps and end up getting bitten and infected with a rabid zombie virus that takes over most of the world. And we're given the story of a small handful of survivors. But it just wasn't what it should have been. Too little zombie stuff. And somehow, alot of the film was boring.